Schwarzenegger's wife to return to NBC news job
( 2003-10-09 11:32) (Agencies)
Wife of the governor-elect of
California State, Maria Shriver, will return to her job as a NBC News
correspondent after having helped her Hollywood actor husband, Arnold
Schwarzenegger, win the election in the most populous state of the United
States, the TV network said Wednesday.
Arnold
Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver grin for the cameras on their wedding day
in 1986. The couple now has four
children. | Shriver took unpaid leave of absence
from the network over the past two months to avoid potential conflicts of
interest during Schwarzenegger's campaign for governor.
As her husband is now elected California governor, Shriver will return to her
job on condition that she avoid coverage of stories related to her husband or
the state government, said NBC News President Neal Shapiro.
However, Shriver, a niece of former American President John Kennedy, will be
free to cover international stories, profiles and other good stories elsewhere
outside California, though she will remain based in Los Angeles as an NBC News
correspondent and contributing anchor to "Dateline NBC."
No return date has been set, but she was expected to return to work after
Schwarzenegger formally took the governor's office sometime next month.
Shriver, 47, has been standing beside her beleaguered husband throughout the
campaign, which witnessed sexual harassment charges against Schwarzenegger by 16
women.
Her appearance with her husband on various campaign spots helped defuse the
crisis for Schwarzenegger, who won a landslide victory in Tuesday's election.
In his victory speech Tuesday night, Schwarzenegger began by thanking his
wife for winning many votes for him.
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